Instructions for Procurement of Vitamins and Minerals Used in Food Fortification Programmes:

WFP suppliers are invited to make their procurement of premix and micronutrients used in fortification of foods through one of theapproved suppliers or directly through the GAIN Premix Facility by sending an email topremixfacility@gainhealth.org.

WFP procurement officers are invited to make their procurement of premix and micronutrients used in fortification of foods through one ofapproved suppliers.

Food Fortification & Coefficient of Variation (CV) Calculation

Why fortification?

Fortification is one of the least costly and most efficient means of combating micronutrient deficiencies.

Addressing micronutrient deficiencies globally will require an estimated $1 billion per-year about $1 per affected person (all dollar amounts are U.S. dollars). That figure is equivalent to the economic costs of endemic deficiencies of vitamin A, iodine, and iron in a single country of 50 million people. Most of these costs will ultimately be borne by consumers when purchasing food with higher nutritional quality. (Enriching Lives: Overcoming Vitamin and Mineral Malnutrition in Developing Counties, World Bank, 1994)

WFP is committed in providing appropriately fortified food commodities in order to increase the intake of micronutrients, thereby improving micronutrient status and preventing damage caused by deficiencies.

Foods may be fortified with single nutrients (salt with iodine, vegetable oil with vitamin A) or with several vitamins and minerals (e.g. fortified cereal flour, super cereals).